Renovatio: The Enigma of Language - Fall 2018
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About The Book
In modern intellectual life, the definition of language remains unsettled. Is it thought—or, is it an expression of thought? For the fourth issue of Renovatio, we chose "The Enigma of Language" as a broad theme because the free and virtually limitless nature of language might be the stubborn holdout to the prevailing concept of a world without spirit. If we reflect on the reality of language, might we begin to renew our trust in both words and things?
Table of Contents
Self Addressed Speech
Speech may be for communication, but when the soul speaks to itself, who is communicating with whom?
Eva Brann
The Listening of the Soul
Speaking distinguishes the human, but the soul’s capacity to listen helps us fulfill our human potential.
Zaid Shakir
“Using the Brain You Gave Me”
Words may be the way that we learn and understand, but, shows Augustine through a dialog with his son, God is the only real teacher.
Garry Wills
Of Cannons and Canons
Colonialism universalized modern Western education. As we wrestle with this often bitter legacy, why do calls to “diversify” what we read fall short?
Oludamini Ogunnaike
The Covenant of Language
In an age when even the idea of truth awaits trial, how do we renew our trust in words and things?
Mark Damien Delp
The Wisdom of Lamentation
The Book of Job doesn’t simply preach patience to one who suffers. Job’s speech—and his silence—dismantles platitudes and invites us to find resolution in an experience of God.
Stephen A. Gregg
Knowledge, Truth, Being
When a knowing mind has known a being, do we arrive at truth?
Edith Stein
Breaking the Language Barrier
The Han Kitab teaches that the Islam found in the Arabic and Persian books is only one possible way in which the Islamic revelation can be expressed.
John Walbridge
The Centrality of Language in Islam’s First Years
The early generations of Muslims, including the Companions of the Prophet, enjoyed an extraordinary relationship with the arts of language.
Abdallah Bin Bayyah
The Liberal Arts in an Illiberal Age
When we lose the language arts, we lose our ability to understand the metaphysical implications of language and thought, and we are no longer free to think.
Hamza Yusuf
Can We All Treat Blasphemy as Taboo?
Should Muslims accept a moral perspective about blasphemy that’s grounded in liberal ethics?
Andrew F. March
Language Is Not Mechanical (and Neither Are You)
Modern philosophers and scientists are committed to the idea of world as machine, and yet they cannot explain language without the immaterial mind.
Caner K. Dagli
The Truth a Building Speaks
To be erected, buildings need more than brick and mortar; they need a hierarchy of crucial decisions, which ultimately reveal what we value.
Marwa al-Sabouni
About the Contributor(s)
About the authors
Hamza Yusuf: Hamza Yusuf hafidhahullah (born 1960) is one of the most prominent American Muslim scholars of his generation and co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California. A steadfast advocate of classical learning in Islam, he has promoted Islamic sciences and traditional pedagogical methodologies throughout the world. He serves as an advisor to the Centre for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and as a member of the board of advisors of George Russell's One Nation, a national philanthropic initiative promoting pluralism and inclusion in America. He also serves as vice-president of the Global Centre for Guidance and Renewal, an institution founded and presided over by Abdallah bin Bayyah. He is among the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter from Islamic scholars to Christian leaders calling for peace and understanding. His published works include translations such as The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi and Purification of the Heart, and authored titles such as Agenda to Change Our Condition and Caesarean Moon Births.
Zaid Shakir: Zaid Shakir (b. 1956 CE) is one of America's most respected Muslim scholars and educators, best known as a co-founder, alongside Hamza Yusuf and Hatem Bazian, of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States, established in 2010. Born Ricky Mitchell in Berkeley, he embraced Islam in 1977 while serving in the U.S. Air Force, later taking the name Zaid Shakir. His path joined Western academic training with classical Islamic learning. He earned degrees in political science and international relations from American University and Rutgers University, then studied Arabic in Egypt before turning to the traditional sciences, law, Qurʾanic studies, and spirituality with leading scholars in Syria and Morocco. In 2001 he became the first American male to graduate from Abu Nur University in Damascus. Over the years he helped found several mosques and Islamic centers, taught as a scholar in residence at the Zaytuna Institute, and emerged as a thoughtful public voice on faith, social justice, and the life of Muslim communities in the West. He is a signatory of A Common Word Between Us and You. His writings include Scattered Pictures, Where I'm Coming From, and Agenda to Change Our Condition (with Hamza Yusuf), and his translations include Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance and The Heirs of the Prophets.
Specifications
Publisher
Zaytuna
Author
Hamza Yusuf and Zaid Shakir
Year Published
2018
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